AICC April 27,28, Icebreaker Overview

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1 AICC April 27,28, 2010 PACAREA POLAR SEA Ops and Icebreaker Overview

2 Redux: POLAR SEA AWS09 Issues Swabs showed Rad van contamination, by S-35 or C14, swabs redone, confirmed entirely S-35 Clean-up arranged on ship, as van was not sent back to OSU between cruises: $1900 cost Multicorer damaged during shipping return National Geographic Soc TV Special preview completed: looks nice, additional coastal filming summer 2010, out fall 2010

3 PSEA BEST Cruise dates 3/7-4/8 Kodiak mob/demob (pix) 27 scientists Benthic sampling, ice sampling, seabird & marine mammal observations, CTDs, drifting sediment traps, productivity assessments

4 PSEA BEST Equipment Issues Scripps Sci Support COTR aboard: working well OSU Cold and Rad Vans aboard Purchase/delivery of 1 lit incubator, repair of 1 from HEALY (Txs to Renee,CH2MHill) 2 CTD rosettes modified w ADCP brackets New CTD wire sheave New Milli-Q DW system Failed SW intake temp probe fixed underway; ice-up a problem when stopped Preliminary MapServer install effort w UCAR server, personnel. ESU purchased server, coordinating setup jointly w UCAR, training TBD pco2 install delayed d pending NOAA funds

5 USCGC POLAR SEA BEST Final Stats 87 CTDs 58 V-net tows 281 Van Veen grabs 83 HAPS cores 9 XHAPS cores 9 Ice Stations 91 science stations total Educational a outreach materials a in Google Oceans and blogged on NPRB and PSEA webpages

6 PSEA Fall FOL Option: Recover Pickart Mooring late Oct./Nov.

7 POLAR SEA 2011 (Jan 24-March 8) Ahji Ashjian-Campbell-Okkonen Cruise Transect Length, km Pribilof dogleg Bering Strait 35 8 Pt. Hope 135 # of Stations Pt. Lay Hannah Shoal Dogleg Barrow Canyon

8 PSEA cruise gear: Ice-tethered ADCP

9 2010 C130 Aircraft Research Plans Continue, expand 2009 AXCTD deployments (Jamie Morrison, M.Steele, UW) Add deployment of ice buoys in 2010

10 2010 C130 Aircraft Research Plans Continue C.Sweeney (NOAA, Boulder) CO2, methane and other gas measurements biweekly (CO, SF6, N2O, etc.). CO2 flight data below right.

11 2010 C130 Aircraft Research Plans Approval J. Maslanik U.Colo. ice laser altimeter Includes hi-res still & videocamera out window Conduct biweekly flights, beginning May 2010

12 2010 C130 Aircraft Research Plans Maslanik Lidar inside C130 FLIR tube; view from outside C130 tail of receiver

13 2010 C130 Aircraft Research Plans Maslanik graphic of 2009 multiyear ice Goal: use C130 lidar to study multiyear ice tongue On May 7, CG will host NPRB of Directors on C130 flite to explore other C130 science options

14 Canadian Helo Ice Thickness EM, laser EM mounted at front of helo; laser altimeter, t video in pod on strut Two helo studies in Beaufort Sea to look at: multiyear ice thickness, ice drift using position beacons at edges of triangle, and ice thickness as a result of pack ice compression, and, Ice ridging at river mouths in April, effects FW under ice & video altimeter t

15 Related Agency Research: NAVY 2010 Navy Arctic Roadmap: 2013 $$ for arctic AUVs Have Gliders for fall 10 Newfoundland exercise Navy FY10 5-yr budget: $1B AUVs for arctic, coasts Lee Freitag (WHOI) cartoon re goals of 2009 ice camp

16 Related Agency Research: Navy, 2011 Navy Ice Camp March 15-30, 2011 Coordination via CRREL, Jackie Richter-Menge, Don Perovich

17 Related Agency Research, 2010, 2011 MMS Chukchi/No.Slope fish surveys, joint with NOAA and Shell Oil, begin 2010, ramp up in 2011, includes net trawls, fish pots, diver observations under ice NASA Orbital Carbon Observatory C130 calibration/validation studies (C.Miller, JPL), under NASA Venture funding Dec 08: China-UAF Coop. Agreement - exchange students, faculty, joint research

18 Related Agency Research, 2010, 2011 NASA ICEBridge aircraft ice studies flown out of Greenland using ice freeboard lidar sensors similar to IceSat 2,which is not scheduled for launch until 2015

19 International Arctic Icebreaker Activity, XUE LONG, CHINARE July 1-Sept , Nome port call (2008 cruise track) D84 N03 D82 D80 B80 B82 B33 M05 P25 R17 B11 B13 B22 R13 C15 R09A R07 C17 S14 S23 S22 S21 C25 50 R03

20 International Icebreaker Activity, Canada 2009, 2010; POC Robert Fudge LSL 7/6 11/20; LAURIER 7/8-10/21

21 Canada 2010 Multibeam AUV Ops Natural Resources Canada two 20 ISE AUVs 5000m rated, 450km range, w multibeam E. Arctic mapping March-April 2010, goal 2500km track Battery recharge from ice floe every third day

22 Korean ARAON, Ice Testing 2/10, W.Arctic 7/15-8/15, Nome portcall (Cost $92M)

23 ARAON Main Study Locations in the Arctic Ocean

24 R/V Mirai cruise plan in 2009 and beyond JAMSTEC plan to conduct R/V Mirai Arctic cruise in 2009, 2010, and hopefully Main target area is the western Canada Basin and the Makarov Basin, to quantify on-going changes of Arctic meteorological, bio-geochemical, and physical environmental factors in these area. 2010=7/2-10/15 10/15, Dutch portcall

25 New Icebreakers: Shell, EU Shell, Edison Chouest 400, $150(-250)M, supply/exploration p largest for shipyard, start 1/10, done 2012 EU: AURORA BOREALIS, 200m, Class 1 rating, use as combo drillship/science, Two 7m moonpools, 120 crew/science, modular lab vans, and multiple helos. Cost: 650M Eu= $880M, Annual ops: 36M Eu= $50M Start build 2012, done 2014 W3.eri-aurora-borealis.eu

26 New Russian, Chinese Icebreakers RUSSIAN Icebreaker: Built in Admiralty Yards, St. Petersburg, completed Run by AARI, replacement for AKADEMIK FEODOROV. Features EM3020 multibeam, and Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV CHINESE Icebreaker: joint international design, Built in China, completed , intended to supplement XUE LONG for more arctic work, as state-of-the art science ship, XUE LONG to be used more for Antarctic logistics and science

27 New South African Icebreaker Replacement for AGULHAS, retiring April m ( 440 ); crew=45; scientists=100 Finland STX shipyard, start 11/09, done spring 2012 Cost 116 M Euros = 170 Million US$ Features: 2 Puma helos

28 New Norwegian Icebreaker: ERVO 100mx20m, 7.6m draft egian_icegoing_research_vessel_e.pdf

29 New Norwegian Icebreaker: ERVO Early 2010: Contract Late 2011: Delivery of vessel Spring 2012: Trials/Setting to work Summer 2012: First regular science cruise

30 New Norwegian Icebreaker: ERVO Propulsion: 2 stern DE Z Z-drives; drives; 2 14MW diesels amidships; 2 thrusters forward LNG generator for electric power

31 New Norwegian Icebreaker: ERVO

32 New Norwegian Icebreaker: ERVO 2 dropkeels for ADCP, multifreq EK 60; 0.6m box keel for multibeam, sub-bottom profiler; tunnel for backup hull mounted single transducer bottom sonars Flying bridge marine mammal observer platform Moonpool for CTD, ROV; Hugin AUV stern deployment Giant piston coring capable

33 Other Icebreaker Related News ABS set up new Arctic Technical Advisory Committee within IMO, managed Helsinki Arctic Technical Advisory Committee will work with new (Oct09) Harsh Environment Technology Center, Memorial Univ., Canada New noise measurement standards for vessels, including arctic vessels, established as three classes, Acoustical Society of America, ANSI/ASA S /Part 1, released 1/4/10

34 Other news: Baltic Freeze-up: The Prisoners s of Bothnia 3/3-5, >50 vessels, including passenger ferries and several oil tankers stuck, some collided, some pushed ashore in strong winds 3d days before icebreakers arrive: URHO, FREJ, FENNICA, ATLE Daily Headlines: Where are the Icebreakers?